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Research interest

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Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Consultant to UNU-WIDER (2015–2016); Consultant to Israeli National Insurance
Institute (2009–2012); Consultant to Institute for Fiscal Studies (Madrid)
(2009–2011); Consultant to United Nation Development Program (2009–2011); Consultant
to European Parliament (2009–)

Past positions

Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics, University of the Balearic
Islands, Spain (2013–); Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Economics,
University of the Balearic Islands (2011–2013); Research Fellow, Microsimula Unit,
Paris School of Economics (2010–2011)

Access to education has been hampered by
economic and family shocks in south-east Europe and countries of the former
Soviet Union

Compared to developing economies, European
transition economies had high levels of human capital when their transitions
began, but a lack of resources and policies to protect poor families
hampered children’s access to education, especially for non-compulsory
school grades. Different phenomena associated with transition also
negatively affected children’s education: e.g. parental absence due to
migration, health problems, and alcohol abuse. These findings call for a
greater policy focus on education and for monitoring of the schooling
progress of children in special family circumstances.